Attorney General Todd Blanche suggested the Justice Department is watching Democrats’ rhetoric after the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee promised an aggressive wave of investigations into the Trump administration.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that Democrats, who won control of Congress in last week’s midterms, are done holding back.

“When Republicans go low, what we’re not going to do anymore is just take that, take the high road and turn the other cheek,” Garcia said. “The days of us not fighting back are over.”

Asked by Fox News host Brian Kilmeade about his role in defending the administration, Blanche warned that the Justice Department is concerned about what he described as threats from incoming lawmakers and outside groups.

“That’s exactly my role is to defend the administration,” Blanche said. “There’s been so much vile rhetoric coming out of the incoming congressmen and senators, and also from organizations that are outside.”

“You can disagree with this administration, you can want to legislate your way with new policies, but you cannot threaten, and that’s what we are seeing, and that’s what we’re very concerned about at the Department of Justice,” Blanche added.

The attorney general also brought up “all the threats around Charlie’s death,” a reference to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last year, and he warned against rhetoric that turns “from just honest debate to actual criminal conduct.”

Blanche said he wished Democrats would follow President Donald Trump’s call on Tuesday night to work with the administration, but said they “have so far chosen to not even start that conversation.”

“All they’re talking about is impeachments and investigations and going after companies that want to build jobs in this country, and that’s unfortunate,” Blanche said.

AG says he will be monitoring the opposition’s speech and trying to jail those he deems go too far. “There’s been so much vile rhetoric coming out the incoming congressmen and senators… You cannot threaten… We cannot let the rhetoric turn from just honest debate to actual criminal conduct.” [image or embed] — Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) November 10, 2026 at 6:28 AM

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